Paula Patton

A virtual unknown when she starred as a sultry club singer opposite Andre Benjamin in the period musical "Idlewild" (2006), Paula Patton rose through the Hollywood ranks in a startlingly short period...
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Robin Thicke issued another public plea for forgiveness to his estranged wife Paula Patton during a performance at the 2014 BET Awards on Sunday (29Jun14). Before he began singing new track Forever Love at the piano, he told the crowd, "I'd like to dedicate this song to my wife, and say, 'I miss you, and I'm sorry.'" The pair split in February (14).

Singer Robin Thicke called his new album Paula because he didn't want to trick fans into thinking his heartbreak tunes were about anyone other than his estranged wife. The Blurred Lines hitmaker insists the record is not a veiled attempt to win back actress Paula Patton, but the couple's split earlier this year (14) did inspire a number of new songs which he felt compelled to record and release.
During an appearance on Los Angeles-based radio show On Air with Ryan Seacrest on Friday (27Jun14), Thicke, said, "I came right off a tour and I had all these songs and all these ideas and feelings in my heart. And I went right into the studio. I wrote all the songs in about three weeks and we recorded the album in about a month.
"Obviously all the songs were about her or about how I feel about her. A lot of songwriters have done this kind of thing before. They won't tell you in the title or they'll be suggestive.
"I was just like, 'There's no reason to hide who this is about'. It's all about her."
Thicke refused to comment on the current status of his relationship with Patton, who he called "a remarkable woman", but revealed he is still struggling with the split, adding, "She's not just my wife, she's been my very best friend for 20 years. I lost two people. That's a lot to talk about."

Robin Thicke has stepped up his campaign to win back estranged wife Paula Patton by releasing a tracklisting of sentimental songs from his new album, which is named after the actress. The stars, who began dating in high school, announced their split in February (14), and the Blurred Lines hitmaker has spent the subsequent months trying to woo her back.
Thicke has dedicated love songs to her during several of his shows, and earlier this month (Jun14), he announced his upcoming seventh record will be titled Paula, in honour of his former partner.
The singer has now released the album's tracklisting, and his new songs appear to be odes to his lost love.
As well as first single Get Her Back, other songs include Love Can Grow Back, Forever Love, You're My Fantasy, Too Little Too Late, and Still Madly Crazy.
The album's cover image shows a forlorn Thicke lit in red, yellow and green.

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Pop star Robin Thicke has named his upcoming album after his estranged wife Paula Patton as he continues his desperate fight to woo her back.
The Blurred Lines hitmaker and his actress wife announced their split in February (14), and Thicke has been determined to mend their relationship ever since. His latest effort comes in the form of his seventh album, which has been titled Paula, according to Rap-Up.com.
Thicke debuted the first single from the record, Get Her Back, at the Billboard Music Awards last month (May14). The song is a heartfelt ode to Patton, his high school sweetheart and mother of his son Julian.

If movies have taught us anything, it's that the best way to apologize to your significant other is through a grand romantic gesture, and nobody in Hollywood seems to have taken that lesson to heart more than Robin Thicke. When it came time for R&amp;B's smoothest white boy to plan his performance at Sunday night's Billboard Music Awards, he decided to drop the theatrics and instead delivered a heartfelt ballad - appropriately titled "Get Her Back" - in an attempt to win back his estranged wife, Paula Patton.
Unfortunately, just because something looks romantic onscreen, that doesn't mean it will necessarily translate to real life, and instead of being the heartwarming, dramatic moment that he hoped for, it came off as just another performance of a treacly love song. Though he gets points for using his minimalist stage design and choreography to highlight how heartfelt his plea was, a real grand romantic gesture needs to be a bit more cinematic. In order to help Thicke step up his game, we've put him in the shoes of some of the most romantic moments in movie history. Don't be surprised if Thicke's next awards show appearance just involves him holding a boom box over his head.
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Taking a page out of Lloyd Dobler's book, Thicke could stand outside of Patton's home holding a boombox over his head so that she understands how much she means to him. As long as he remembers that just because "Blurred Lines" was the song of the summer, it's not particularly romantic.
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Thicke's performance was missing two crucial ingredients that made Heath Ledger's soccer field serenade so memorable: charmingly terrible dance moves and a head of hair that flowed gloriously in the breeze. Or, at the very least, he could have thrown some trumpets in there.
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As Ryan Gosling proved, sometimes all you need to prove your devotion is some rain and a year's worth of romantic letters, so maybe Thicke would be better off writing down his apology songs instead of releasing them as singles. He would win back Patton, and we would get a break from having to hear him on every single radio station.
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It may have come from a cheesy comedy, but somehow "I Want to Grow Old With You" is a better love song than anything Thicke has come out with in the last five years. Although we could easily see Thicke rocking a white suit.
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Crashing a wedding is the ultimate romantic movie gesture, but since Thicke seems to prefer making his big gestures at awards shows, the Oscars producers should probably be wary about asking Patton to present next year.
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Robin Thicke took his efforts to win back his estranged wife Paula Patton to the Billboard Music Awards stage in Las Vegas on Sunday night (18May14) when he debuted an emotional new song, titled Get Her Back. The singer has been trying to reconcile with the actress, his childhood sweetheart, ever since news of their split hit headlines in February (14).
He made a string of public pleas for a reunion with Patton at a number of his concerts in the aftermath of the separation news, and he has since poured his heart into the lyrics of a new track in his latest bid to woo her back. Thicke, who was not wearing his wedding ring, premiered the tune at the Las Vegas awards ceremony on Sunday, when he crooned lines including, "I gotta treat her right/ I gotta cherish her for life/ I gotta get her, go get her, go get her, go get her back tonight".
He also made sure to express his gratitude to Patton as he accepted his first two honours of the night for Top R&amp;B Song and Top Hot 100 Song for Blurred Lines, telling the audience, "Most importantly, I'd like to thank my wife for her love and support for all these years." Thicke was also named the winner of Top Digital Song and Top Radio Song for the summer smash hit.

Robin Thicke is reportedly set to unveil an emotional new song about his attempts to woo back his estranged wife Paula Patton. The stars, who were childhood sweethearts, confirmed their split in February (14) after almost nine years of marriage, and Thicke has since made public pleas for a reconciliation onstage at several of his concerts.
Reports now suggest the star has written a song about the split and his attempts to reunite with his wife and is preparing to debut it at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday (18May14). The track is titled Get Her Back and TMZ.com reports it features the lyrics "All I wanna do is make it right... I gotta get her, go get her back / I gotta treat her right / I gotta cherish her for life... I should've kissed you longer / I should've held you stronger / And I'll wait for forever for you."
The former couple is parents to a young son named Julian.

"We’ve known each other since we were teenagers. All I can tell you is there’s a deep love there - always was, and always will be." Actress Paula Patton still has deep feelings for her estranged husband Robin Thicke following their split in February (14).

Robin Thicke's lawyer has threatened to sue U.S. tabloid editors over reports suggesting the R&B star's marriage to actress Paula Patton collapsed after they became involved in a "three-way relationship" with a masseuse. The Blurred Lines hitmaker was back in the headlines this week (begs28Apr14) after bosses at Star and OK! magazines published articles in which they claim Patton agreed to spice up their sex life by introducing a masseuse named Jasmine into their bedroom to satisfy her husband.
The tabloid reports suggest that the experiment "took a disastrous turn" when Patton discovered that Thicke and Jasmine were "carrying on a separate affair behind her back", but now the singer's attorney has denied the allegations and fired off warnings to the editors to retract the statements or face court action.
The cease-and-desist letters, obtained by the New York Post, read, "On behalf of Mr. Thicke, as well as (the alleged masseuse), we categorically deny every assertion of fact posited in your email (asking for comment) and are certain there can be no reliable, trustworthy source of any such story, given its gross deviation from the truth. Any purported source of such a story is lying.
"Publication of this blatantly false story absent a failure to fully investigate the truth combined with reliance on what has to be a flimsy source, will support a finding that the story is published in wanton and reckless disregard of the truth, leading to a finding of malice and the imposition of actual and punitive damages."
Thicke and Patton announced their separation in February (14) after almost nine years of marriage.

"I hope whatever they decide to do will make them both happy. That's the key thing. You want your kids to be happy. They're strong, smart and talented people and they'll make great decisions." Robin Thicke's actor dad Alan hopes the singer and his estranged wife Paula Patton will be able to work through their marriage problems. The couple separated in February (14).

Summary

A virtual unknown when she starred as a sultry club singer opposite Andre Benjamin in the period musical "Idlewild" (2006), Paula Patton rose through the Hollywood ranks in a startlingly short period of time. In a matter of months she was paired onscreen with major stars Kevin Costner and Denzel Washington in both dramas and comedies. Patton's debut as a femme fatale, however, was not indicative of the types of roles the African-American actress became known for, and, in notable films like "Precious" (2009), she became known for portraying independent, smart professional women.